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Version 1.1, October 25, 1993
originally edited by Jim Pellmann.
The following episode synopses come from several sources, including the
US laserdisc boxed set of first season episodes and the book "The Television
Yearbook (1990-91)" by Frank Lovece, covering second season episodes.
FIRST SEASON
Pilot (1000)
Original airdate: April 8, 1990
Laura Palmer's body is discovered, wrapped in plastic; Ronette Pulaski wanders
out of the woods; FBI Agent Dale Cooper arrives in Twin Peaks to investigate
and finds an unusual clue on Laura's body; Audrey Horne disrupts her father's
negotiations with some Norwegian businessmen; Cooper and Sheriff Truman
discover the grisly murder site in the woods, and warn the town that the
killer may be from their community; tempers flare at the Roadhouse.
| Director: | David Lynch |
| Writers: | Mark Frost and David Lynch |
Episode 1 (1001)
Original airdate: April 12, 1990
FBI Agent Dale Cooper and Sheriff Harry Truman discover more about the
troubled secret life of the murdered Laura Palmer; Big Ed Hurley reveals that
he was drugged at the Roadhouse; a frightened James Hurley, vengeful Bobby
Briggs and Mike Nelson are released from jail; Catherine Martell lays bare her
plot to take control of the Packard sawmill.
| Sarah Palmer | Grace Zabriskie |
| Major Briggs | Don Davis |
| Mike Nelson | Gary Hershberger |
| Nadine Hurley | Wendy Robie |
| Lucy Moran | Kimmy Robertson |
| Director: | Duwayne Dunham |
| Writers: | Mark Frost and David Lynch |
Episode 2 (1002)
Original airdate: April 19, 1990
FBI Agent Dale Cooper demonstrates an unusual deductive technique for the Twin
Peaks Sheriff's Department; Benjamin Horne and his brother, Jerry, take a trip
to One-Eyed Jacks; Donna Hayward and James Hurley pledge their love; Leo
Johnson holds Bobby Briggs at gunpoint; Cooper has a strange dream.
| Sarah Palmer | Grace Zabriskie |
| Albert Rosenfield | Miguel Ferrer |
| Jerry Horne | David Patrick Kelly |
| Blackie O'Reilly | Victoria Catlin |
| Nadine Hurley | Wendy Robie |
| Lucy Moran | Kimmy Robertson |
| Mike Nelson | Gary Hershberger |
| Eileen Hayward | Mary Jo Deschanel |
| Sylvia Horne | Jan D'Arcy |
| Director: | David Lynch |
| Writers: | David Lynch and Mark Frost |
Episode 3 (1003)
Original airdate: April 26, 1990
The townsfolk of Twin Peaks gather for Laura Palmer's funeral; Cooper
interprets his dream about the killer; Truman reveals to Cooper the secret of
the Bookhouse Boys.
| Sarah Palmer | Grace Zabriskie |
| Albert Rosenfield | Miguel Ferrer |
| Jacques Renault | Walter Olkewicz |
| Father Clarence | Royce D. Applegate |
| Wilson Mooney | Jed Mills |
| Nadine Hurley | Wendy Robie |
| Lucy Moran | Kimmy Robertson |
| Mike Nelson | Gary Hershberger |
| Major Briggs | Don Davis |
| Betty Briggs | Charlotte Stewart |
| Director: | Tina Rathborne |
| Writer: | Harley Peyton |
Episode 4 (1004)
Original airdate: May 3, 1990
Cooper and Truman track down the one-armed man and some strange new evidence
in Laura Palmer's murder; Norma Jennings attends a parole board hearing for
her husband; Audrey Horne decides to begin her own investigation.
| Sarah Palmer | Grace Zabriskie |
| Hank Jennings | Chris Mulkey |
| Wilson Mooney | Jed Mills |
| Lucy Moran | Kimmy Robertson |
| Director: | Tim Hunter |
| Writer: | Robert Engels |
Episode 5 (1005)
Original airdate: May 10, 1990
Cooper and Truman have tea with the Log Lady and discover a macabre crime
scene in the woods; Audrey Horne takes a job at her father's department store;
Hank Jennings returns from prison to the Double R Diner; James Hurley and
Donna Hayward take Madeleine Ferguson into their confidence.
| Hank Jennings | Chris Mulkey |
| Jerry Horne | David Patrick Kelly |
| Major Briggs | Don Davis |
| Betty Briggs | Charlotte Stewart |
| Emory Battis | Don Amendolia |
| Log Lady | Catherine Coulson |
| Trudy | Jill Rogosheske |
| Einar Thorson | Brian Straub |
| Heba | Mary Stavin |
| Director: | Lesli Linka Glatter |
| Writer: | Mark Frost |
Episode 6 (1006)
Original airdate: May 17, 1990
Agent Cooper and Big Ed pay a special visit to One-Eyed Jacks, while Audrey
Horne goes undercover as a hostess there; Josie Packard shares her suspicions
with Truman about Catherine Martell's intentions; Dr. Jacoby receives a phone
call from the dead Laura Palmer.
| Hank Jennings | Chris Mulkey |
| Jerry Horne | David Patrick Kelly |
| Jacques Renault | Walter Olkewicz |
| Lucy Moran | Kimmy Robertson |
| Nadine Hurley | Wendy Robie |
| Emory Battis | Don Amendolia |
| Blackie O'Reilly | Victoria Catlin |
| Herbert Neff | Mark Lowenthal |
| Director: | Caleb Deschanel |
| Writer: | Harley Peyton |
Episode 7 (1007)
Cooper and Truman's investigation builds to a terrifying conclusion; Dr.
Jacoby heads for his rendezvous with "Laura Palmer"--and its bizarre
consequences; Catherine Martell and Shelly Johnson are hopelessly trapped;
Hank Jennings' evil influence spreads, engulfing Josie Packard.
| Hank Jennings | Chris Mulkey |
| Jacques Renault | Walter Olkewicz |
| Blackie O"Reilly | Victoria Catlin |
| Nadine Hurley | Wendy Robie |
| Lucy Moran | Kimmy Robertson |
| Director: | Mark Frost |
| Writer: | Mark Frost |
SECOND SEASON
Episode 8 (2001)
Original airdate: September 30, 1990
A shot and bleeding Agent Cooper has visions of a giant; Audrey is imprisoned
at the casino/bordello One-Eyed Jacks; Donna receives a strange message; Josie
and Catherine are missing; a stirring Ronette relives Laura's murder.
| Pie eater | Stephen C. MacLaughlin |
| Doctor | Charles Miller |
| Harriet Hayward | Jessica Wallenfels |
| Nurse | Sandra Kaye Wetzel |
| Gersten Hayward | Alicia Witt |
| Director: | David Lynch |
| Writers: | Mark Frost and David Lynch |
Episode 9 (2002)
Original airdate: October 6, 1990
Cooper learns his ex-partner, Windom Earle, has escaped from a mental asylum;
Major Briggs gives Cooper a message; Donna meets an eerie old woman and her
grandson; Ben orders Leland killed; Deputy Andy thinks he's sterile; Audrey
learns more about Laura, but is uncovered by a vengeful Blackie.
| Mrs. Tremond | Frances Bay |
| Little boy | Austin Jack Lynch |
| Ice-bucket girl | Jill Pierce |
| Director: | David Lynch |
| Writer: | Harley Peyton |
Episode 10 (2003)
Original airdate: October 13, 1990
Donna finds a diary of Laura's at Harold Smith's house; Blackie holds Audrey
hostage, and plots with Jean Renault; James and Madeleine become close, to
Donna's dismay; Lucy lunches with Dick Tremayne; Dr. Jacoby undergoes
hypnosis, leading to an arrest.
| Director: | Lesli Linka Glatter |
| Writer: | Robert Engels |
Episode 11 (2004)
Original airdate: October 20, 1990
Cooper is stymied by an unusual request from Ben Horne to save Audrey's life;
Josie introduces her "cousin" Jonathan from Hong Kong; Renault deals with
Battis.
| Clinton Sternwood | Royal Dano |
| Daryl Lodwick | Ritch Brinkley |
| Desk clerk | Belina Logan |
| Sid | Claire Stansfield |
| Director: | Todd Holland |
| Writers: | Jerry Stahl, Mark Frost, Harley Peyton, and Robert Engels |
Episode 12 (2005)
Original airdate: October 27, 1990
Cooper and Truman stage a raid on One-Eyed Jacks; Leland attends his court
hearing; Donna and Madeleine plot to steal Laura's secret diary from Harold
Smith; Ben gets a business proposition.
| Clinton Sternwood | Royal Dano |
| Tim Pinkle | David L. Lander |
| Jack Racine | Van Dyke Parks |
| Daryl Lodwick | Ritch Brinkley |
| Sid | Claire Stansfield |
| Outside bodyguard | Mike Vendrell |
| Bodyguard on stairs | Bob Apisa |
| Director: | Graeme Clifford |
| Writer: | Barry Pullman |
Episode 13 (2006)
Original airdate: November 3, 1990
Donna and Madeleine fear an enraged Harold Smith; Shelly and Bobby, hold a
"welcome home" party for the comatose Leo; Cooper's boss, Gordon Cole, visits
to warn Cooper of threats; Josie strieks a deal with Ben and leaves with
Jonathan; the one-armed man reveals some information about "Bob".
| Trudy | Jill Engels |
| Cappy | Ron Kirk |
| Lounge local | Leonard Ray |
| Joey Paulsen | Brett Vadset |
| Director: | Lesli Linka Glatter |
| Writers: | Harley Peyton and Robert Engels |
Episode 14 (2007)
Original airdate: November 10, 1990
Ben is brought in for questioning after Audrey confronts him about One-Eyed
Jacks and passes the information to Cooper; Andy ponders the meaning of Harold
Smith's note; having misjudged the money due them, Shelly and Bobby are
cash-strapped; Bobby finds a microcassette of Leo's; Madeleine prepares to
go home; Pete learns Tojamura's plans.
| Director: | David Lynch |
| Writer: | Mark Frost |
Episode 15 (2008)
Original airdate: November 17, 1990
Norma's visiting mother introduces her new husband, unaware of his connections
to Hank; Lucy returns, with her sister; Bobby decides to blackmail Ben, who
also gets a tape-recorded ultimatum; the one-armed man leads to a grisly
discovery.
| Gwen | Kathleen Wilhoite |
| Louise Dombrowski | Emily Fincher |
| Director: | Caleb Deschanel |
| Writer: | Scott Frost |
Episode 16 (2009)
Original airdate: December 1, 1990
From a piece of Laura's secret diary, Cooper discovers he and Laura shared the
same dream, with her message in it leading him to her killer; Catherine tricks
Ben into signing away the mill; Lucy, Andy and Tremayne confront each other
over her pregnancy.
| Mr. Zipper | Clive Rosengren |
| Mrs. Tremond | Mae Williams |
| Director: | Tim Hunter |
| Writers: | Mark Frost, Harley Peyton, and Robert Engels |
Episode 17 (2010)
Original airdate: December 8, 1990
As Cooper says his goodbyes, an FBI agent arrives to suspend him and
investigate the unauthorized One-Eyed Jacks affair; the publisher of the Twin
Peaks Gazette argues with his brother, the Mayor; Renault recruits Hank and
Ernie to frame Cooper; Nadine, deluded that she's a teenager, enrolls in high
school; Major Briggs, fishing with Cooper, has a strange encounter in the
woods.
| FBI Agent Roger Hardy | Clarence Williams III |
| Mountie | Gavan O'Herlihy |
| Vice Principal Greege | Don Calfa |
| Physical Education teacher | Lisa Cloud |
| Cheerleader | Tiffany Muxlow |
| Samantha | Susan Sundholm |
| Director: | Tina Rathborne |
| Writer: | Tricia Brock |
Episode 18 (2011)
Original airdate: December 15, 1990
Cooper is investigated by the FBI and the DEA; Nadine falls for teen Mike
Nelson; James gets room and board for helping a beautiful blond; Hank
confronts Ben; Tremayne becomes Big Brother to a terror; Catherine forces
Josie to become her maid; Andrew Packard turns up alive.
| FBI Agent Robert Hardy | Clarence Williams III |
| Reverend | Royce D. Applegate |
| Coach Wingate | Ron Taylor |
| Trudy | Jill Engels |
| Nicky | Joshua Harris |
| Director: | Duwayne Dunham |
| Writer: | Barry Pullman |
Episode 19 (2012)
Original airdate: January 12, 1991
Cooper finds cocaine at a deserted house Renault uses; Andy and Tremayne
confront concerns of Nicky's past; a mentally decaying Ben has Bobby tail
Hank; Dougie Milford dies under unusual circumstances; supernaturally
superstrong Nadine joins the wrestling team; Major Briggs returns.
| Coach Wingate | Ron Taylor |
| Nicky | Joshua Harris |
| Director: | Caleb Deschanel |
| Writers: | Harley Peyton and Robert Engels |
Episode 20 (2013)
Original airdate: January 19, 1991
Cooper is held hostage by Renault; Andy and Tremayne pry into Nicky's past;
Catherine professes her love for Ben; James succumbs to a treacherous Evelyn;
Ed and Norma succumb to each other; Hank confronts Big Ed; Cooper's ex-partner
Windom Earle makes a move.
| Mountie | Gavan O'Herlihy |
| M.P. | J. Marvin Campbell |
| Brunston | Will Seltzer |
| Malcolm | Nicholas Love |
| Dead man | Craig MacLachlan |
| Director: | Todd Holland |
| Writer: | Harley Peyton |
Episode 21 (2014)
Original airdate: Febuary 2, 1991
Cooper confides to Truman his past experiences with Windom Earle; Earle
meanwhile takes in Leo; Audrey strikes a business deal with Bobby; James
realizes he has been set up; Josie's dangerous old lover, Thomas Eckhardt,
appears.
| Jeffrey Marsh | John Apicella |
| Malcolm | Nicholas Love |
| Dead man | Craig MacLachlan |
| Director: | Uli Edel |
| Writer: | Scott Frost |
Episode 22 (2015)
Original airdate: February 9, 1991
Cooper finds some evidence about who shot him, and gets help from the
town's resident chess master in matching wits with Windom Earle in the
deadly chess game; Donna makes a desperate plea to save James; Nadine
surprises Ed and Norma; Catherine uses Josie to lure Eckhardt.
| Johnny | Robert Bauer |
| Cop | Matt Battaglia |
| Bartender | Gerald L'Ecuyer |
| Director: | Diane Keaton |
| Writers: | Harley Peyton and Robert Engels |
Episode 23 (2016)
Original airdate: February 16, 1991
Ed proposes to Norma; James and Donna break up; Audrey meets a handsome,
wealthy admirer from her past; Earle mails a puzzle to Audrey, Shelly and
Donna; Josie makes a confession, after a dreaded encounter with Thomas
Eckhardt; Cooper has another vision.
| Director: | Lesli Linka Glatter |
| Writer: | Tricia Block |
Episode 24 (2017)
Original airdate: March 28, 1991
Cooper is attracted to Norma's sister, Annie, returning to the world from a
convent; Truman withdraws from everyone; Donna receives a macabre family
visitor; Audrey falls for Wheeler; Nadine and her teenage beau Mike Nelson
check into the Great Northern Hotel; Ben hosts an environmental benefit.
| Tim Pinkle | David L. Lander |
| Model | Julie Hayek |
| Teen model | Betsy Lynn George |
| Director: | James Foley |
| Writer: | Barry Pullman |
Episode 25 (2018)
Original airdate: April 4, 1991
Cooper and the Sheriff's Department go spelunking in Owl Cave; Truman awakens
in the murderous embrace of a naked woman; Windom Earle insinuates himself
into the lives of potential victims; Audrey and Donna see Mrs. Hayward meet
with Ben.
| Director: | Duwayne Dunham |
| Writers: | Harley Peyton and Robert Engels |
Episode 26 (2019)
Original airdate: April 11, 1991
Cooper and Truman try to decipher the hieroglyph from Owl Cave; plans for the
Miss Twin Peaks contest get underway; Tremayne holds a wine tasting at the
Great Northern Hotel; Cooper falls for Annie, and Gordon for Shelley; Windom
Earle makes his next move.
| Rusty | Ted Raimi |
| Bellhop | John Charles Sheehan |
| Director: | Jonathan Sanger |
| Writers: | Mark Frost and Harley Peyton |
Episode 27 (2020)
Original airdate: April 18, 1991
Cooper and Truman continue to investigate the mystery of Owl Cave; Windom
Earle snares Major Briggs; Cooper romances Annie; Donna makes a discovery on
her birth certificate; Wheeler leaves suddenly after receiving urgent news.
| Heavy metal roadie | Willie Garson |
| Cappy | Ron Kirk |
| Rusty | Ted Raimi |
| Pilot | Layne Robert Rico |
| Director: | Stephen Gyllenhaal |
| Writers: | Harley Peyton and Robert Engels |
Episode 28 (2021, Part 1)
Original airdate: June 10, 1991 (broadcast as a 2-hour "movie" with episode 29)
Cooper and Truman decipher part of the secret of the Black Lodge; Cooper helps
Annie prepare for the Miss Twin Peaks contest; Major Briggs escapes from
Earle; Catherine continues her battle with the black box; Lucy chooses the
father of her baby; Earle interrupts the contest.
| Director: | Tim Hunter |
| Writer: | Barry Pullman |
Episode 29 (2021, Part 2)
Original airdate: June 10, 1991 (broadcast as a 2-hour "movie" with episode 28)
Cooper and Truman figure out the location of the Black Lodge, and rush
to save Miss Twin Peaks there; Nadine regains her senses; Donna confronts her
parents about Ben; Audrey stages an act of civil disobedience; Cooper enters
the Black Lodge.
| Tim Pinkle | David L. Lander |
| Black Lodge performer | James V. Scott |
| Dell Mibbler | Ed Wright |
| Sylvia Horne | Jan D'Arcy |
| Trudy | Jill Engels |
| Heidi | Andrea Hays |
| Security Guard | Arvo O. Katajisto |
| Caroline | Brenda E. Mathers |
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